Plant Signs

Gilia cana ssp. speciosa

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Gilia cana ssp. triceps

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Copyright © 2010 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Blue Field Gilia

Gilia capitata

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A bumble bee lands on a bluehead gilia

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 36 in tall

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Pink, White

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Bluehead Gilia

Gilia capitata ssp. abrotanifolia

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Copyright © 2003 Brent Miller

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Bluehead Gilia

Gilia capitata ssp. capitata

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Copyright © 2013 Vernon Smith

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Dune Gilia

Gilia capitata ssp. chamissonis

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Copyright © 2002 Doreen L. Smith

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Lavender

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Foothill Gilia

Gilia capitata ssp. mediomontana

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Copyright © 2009 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Pacific Gilia

Gilia capitata ssp. pacifica

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Copyright © 2015 Adrienne Simmons

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Bluehead Gilia

Gilia capitata ssp. pedemontana

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Copyright © 2011 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Bluehead Gilia

Gilia capitata ssp. staminea

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Copyright © 2005 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Woolly-headed Gilia

Gilia capitata ssp. tomentosa

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Copyright © 2009 Doreen L. Smith

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Purplespot Gilia

Gilia clivorum

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Copyright © 2008 Lynn Watson

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Clokey's Gilia

Gilia clokeyi

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Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 7 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Coastal Gilia

Gilia diegensis

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Copyright © 2014 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Purple, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Shy Gilia

Gilia inconspicua

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Copyright © 2009 Mary Winter

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 12 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Inland Gilia

Gilia interior

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Copyright © 2015 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 5 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Gilia jacens

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2010 Aaron Schusteff

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Hollyleaf Gilia

Gilia latiflora

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Copyright © 1998 California Academy of Sciences

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Cuyama Gilia

Gilia latiflora ssp. cuyamensis

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Copyright © 2012 Michael Charters

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Davy's Broad-flowered Gilia

Gilia latiflora ssp. davyi

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Copyright © 2005 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Purple, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Hollyleaf Gilia

Gilia latiflora ssp. elongata

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Copyright © 2005 Brent Miller

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Broad-leaved Gilia

Gilia latiflora ssp. latiflora

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Copyright © 2011 Neal Kramer

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Red

Wildlife supported:

Fine Flower Gilia

Gilia leptantha

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© 2009 tomhilton

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Pink, Yellow, White, Lavender

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

San Bernardino Gilia

Gilia leptantha ssp. leptantha

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Copyright © 2009 Duncan S. Bell

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Pine Gilia

Gilia leptantha ssp. pinetorum

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Copyright © 2018 Neal Kramer

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Purpus' Gilia

Gilia leptantha ssp. purpusii

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Gilia leptantha ssp. purpusii

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Yellow, Purple, Pink

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Fineflower Gilia

Gilia leptantha ssp. transversa

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Scrub Gilia

Gilia malior

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Copyright © 2006 James M. Andre

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 8 in tall

Flower Color: Lavender, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Dark-eyed Gilia

Gilia millefoliata

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Copyright © 2010 Dana York

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Little Gilia

Gilia minor

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Copyright © 2005 Michael Charters

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 8 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Modoc Gilia

Gilia modocensis

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Copyright © 2015 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 13 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Nevin's Gilia

Gilia nevinii

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© 2009 Stickpen

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Lavender, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Volcanic Gilia

Gilia ochroleuca

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Copyright © 2008 Lynn Watson

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 12 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Volcanic Gilia

Gilia ochroleuca ssp. bizonata

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Copyright © 2008 Lynn Watson

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Volcanic Gilia

Gilia ochroleuca ssp. exilis

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Copyright © 2010 Michael Charters

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Volcanic Gilia

Gilia ochroleuca ssp. ochroleuca

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Copyright © 2016 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Volcanic Gilia

Gilia ochroleuca ssp. vivida

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Copyright © 2015 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Eyed Gilia

Gilia ophthalmoides

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Copyright © 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: White, Yellow, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Salt Gilia

Gilia salticola

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Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 8 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Rock Gilia

Gilia scopulorum

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Copyright © 2008 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: White, Lavender, Purple, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Rosy Gilia

Gilia sinuata

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Copyright © 2012 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 5 - 13 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, Orange, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Star Gilia

Gilia stellata

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Copyright © 2015 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Greater Yellowthroat Gilia

Gilia tenuiflora

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Copyright © 2009 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Trumpet-throated Gilia

Gilia tenuiflora ssp. amplifaucalis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Monterey Gilia

Gilia tenuiflora ssp. arenaria

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Copyright © Susan Cochrane and CNPS

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Hoffmann's Slender-flowered Gilia

Gilia tenuiflora ssp. hoffmannii

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Copyright © 2000 John Game

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Slender-flowered Gilia

Gilia tenuiflora ssp. tenuiflora

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Copyright © 2009 Keir Morse

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Lavender, Purple, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Transmontane Gilia

Gilia transmontana

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Copyright © 2006 Steve Matson

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 13 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Tricolor Gilia

Gilia tricolor

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© 2010 Calscape

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 14 in tall , 6 in wide

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, White

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Alba

Gilia tricolor 'Alba'

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2' tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Wildlife supported:

Bird's-eye Gilia

Gilia tricolor ssp. diffusa

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Copyright © 2009 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Bird's-eye Gilia

Gilia tricolor ssp. tricolor

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Copyright © 2009 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Monarch Gilia

Gilia yorkii

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Copyright © 2009 Dana York

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 4 - 10 in tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Golden-carpet Gilmania

Gilmania luteola

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Copyright © 2010 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 6 in tall

Wildlife supported:

San Gabriel Bluecup

Githopsis diffusa

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2012 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 12 in tall

Flower Color: White, Purple

Wildlife supported:

San Gabriel Bluecup

Githopsis diffusa ssp. candida

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2009 Robert Steers

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

San Gabriel Bluecup

Githopsis diffusa ssp. diffusa

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2012 Patrick McConnell

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Mission Canyon Bluecup

Githopsis diffusa ssp. filicaulis

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

San Gabriel Bluecup

Githopsis diffusa ssp. robusta

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2012 Aaron Arthur

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Sierra Bluecup

Githopsis pulchella

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Copyright © 2009 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported: